A Painting Attributed to Raphael by AI Is Questioned by Experts as Contradictory Study Emerges
When scientists said that they had used artificial intelligence to determine that Raphael had, in fact, painted a work whose attribution had long been contested,...
Group May Buy S.F. Art Institute Campus, AI Programs Duel Over Raphael Attribution, and More: Morning Links for September 11, 2023
To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. The Headlines CAMPUS NEWS. Billionaire businesswoman and philanthropist Laurene Powell Jobs and other prominent figures have...
Boston’s Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Closes Early to Thwart Climate Protest
The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston closed early on Thursday, saying that a planned protest by climate activists would’ve posed a threat to the...
Steve Roden, Artist Who Found Innovative Ways of Seeing Sound, Dies at 59
Steve Roden, an artist whose performances, films, paintings, and sculptures found innovative ways of turning sound visual, died on September 6 at 59. His passing...
See an Excerpt of a New Documentary About Late Artist Ashley Bickerton
“My work has always been able to hold more than one contradictory viewpoint at once. That’s the whole purpose of my work,” the late artist...
Carlos Martiel Wins El Museo’s Inaugural $50,000 Latinx Art Prize
El Museo del Barrio and Maestro Dobel Tequila have awarded the inaugural Maestro Dobel Latinx Art Prize to New York–based, Havana-born artist Carlos Martiel, one...
Uncertainty and Unanswered Questions Are Swirling Around the Armory Show Opening After Frieze Acquisition
In mid-July, when Frieze announced they had bought the Armory Show in New York, the acquisition seemed aimed at leveling up the company to Art...
Massive 2,000-Year-Old Plaza from Mysterious Roman City Unearthed in Spain
The ruins of a massive 2,000-year-old Roman plaza have been found at La Cabañeta archaeological site in Spain. It is the oldest-known public square uncovered...
Lorraine O’Grady Departs Longtime New York Dealer for Chicago’s Mariane Ibrahim
Lorraine O’Grady, the influential conceptual artist whose well-received retrospective is still traveling the US, has exited her longtime gallery, New York’s Alexander Gray Associates, and...
Golden Lion Winner Sonia Boyce Joins Hauser & Wirth, 25 Best Museum Shows Opening Worldwide, Carol Bove Goes to Gagosian, and More: Morning Links for September 6, 2023
To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. The Headlines MARK YOUR CALENDARS. This year lacks a Documenta or a Venice Biennale,...
Ingrid Schaffner Joins Hauser & Wirth’s Curatorial Team After Departing Marfa’s Chinati Foundation
The mega-gallery Hauser & Wirth may be best known for scooping up touted artists from across the globe, but it has also begun to build...
V&A Dundee Is Latest UK Museum to Strip the Sackler Name from its Walls
V&A Dundee, the Scottish branch of London’s Victoria and Albert Museum, has stripped the Sackler name from its galleries, but will not be returning the £500,000 (roughly...
Complete Neolithic Monument Discovered on Scotland’s Isle of Arran
Off the coast of Scotland, on the Isle of Arran, archaeologists have discovered a Neolithic monument that was used for ancient ceremonies and gatherings. Archaeologists...
$5 M. Roman Bust Seized from Massachusetts Museum by Manhattan District Attorney’s Office
An investigation into antiquities looted from Turkey has led the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office to seize an ancient Roman Bust known as Portrait of a Lady from...